Bethenny Frankel Through The Years (2018)

A rare photo of baby Bethenny.

Did you know Bethenny worked on the set of Saved by the Bell?

It was the first of many times in her career that she worked with Mario Lopez, who later became a friend.

Did you know Bethenny was a pageant girl? She even competed alongside Halle Berry when they were younger.

This is hands down our favourite photo of Bethenny ever taken.

Bethenny and Kyle Richards first met in the '90s when Bethenny was in LA trying to navigate her way through the entertainment industry.

Kyle got Bethenny a job as her sister Kathy Hilton's assistant, which eventually led to Bethenny babysitting young Paris and Nicki Hilton.

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Bethenny on the day of her first wedding, long before her televised walk down the aisle to Jason Hoppy.

Did you know that Bethenny was a contestant on Martha Stewart's version of The Apprentice before she was a Housewife?

Bethenny and Martha have a confusing relationship. Once Bethenny's businesses started to take off things between the two got complicated.

Bethenny explained the situation herself saying "[Martha] doesn't like me. She never really has. She's consistent... she's always been like a parent who I'm trying to get them to love me... she's never missed the opportunity to say something negative about me or my products."

Bethenny's loyal companion recently passed away in October of 2017 at the age of 17.

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Here's Bethenny's first official shot as a cast member of The Real Housewives of New York – the series that made her a household name.

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RHONY gave us one of the best Housewives duos of all time, Bethenny and Jill Zarin.

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Jill really took Bethenny under her wing back in the day, but their friendship fell apart when Jill was accused of being shady by refusing to film with Bethenny so that she didn't outshine her.

The death of Jill's husband Bobby Zarin brought the two former BFFs together in 2018, and it looks like they have finally ended their bitter feud. Bethenny even visited Jill to sit shiva.

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Bethenny and Luann at the season two premiere of RHONY.

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Bethenny with her ex-husband Jason Hoppy in happier days. (Before he was charged with stalking her!)

A pregnant Bethenny in a colour we'd come to associate her with – Skinnygirl red.

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Getting settled into her new role as a mom.

After leaving RHONY, Bethenny had a short lived talk show called Bethenny. Bieber was a guest!

How crazy is it to think that Bethenny looked after a tween Paris Hilton?

Posing with a grownup Nicki Hilton.

Once you're running in the same circles as the Hiltons, Kim Kardashian is obviously just a stone's throw away.

Here's Bethenny and Fredrik Eklund at a Skinnygirl party years before the inception of their show Bethenny & Fredrik. Maybe this was the night they came up with the concept?

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Believe it or not, Bethenny was the only official Real Housewife at the time that this photo was taken! Bethenny was probably telling Lisa Vanderpump, Kyle Richards and Lisa Rinna how great of an opportunity it is.

Wearing Skinnygirl red to meet the president.

After leaving RHONY in season 3, Bethenny made a triumphant return in season 7.

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One of the best things about Bethenny's return to The Real Housewives of New York was watching her form a friendship with Carole Radziwill.

When Hurricane Maria devastated parts of Puerto Rico, Bethenny jumped into action with her B Strong organization and delivered four planes filled with supplies to the region.

Frankel’s divorce from pharmaceutical sales exec Jason Hoppy was finalized in 2016, almost four years after the couple separated. But wait, there’s more. After leaving RHONY in 2019, Frankel sent out a cryptic tweet.

“To my NY hwives: GO GET EM! I had to go since I’m the only one that is actually married…that’s how crazy this ride is.” This prompted media outlets to do some digging which revealed that as of 2019, Frankel was still legally married to Hoppy.

As Frankel’s life became more hectic, the pressures of running a multi-milllion dollar business weighed heavy on her. With multiple offers to buy part of her business, the longtime-Housewife gave into the temptation.

“All of the seeds that I planted years ago didn’t factor in for divorce and custody battle, a relief effort that I put on, a death, etc,” Frankel said of her reason to sell.

While on an airplane, Frankel drank soup containing traces of fish which led to her falling so ill that she almost died. Since the incident, Frankel has been vocal about the danger airlines pose by serving fish in closed cabin environments. Months after her recovery, Frankel tweeted about lingering symptoms she’d been having, questioning whether they could be related to her allergy episode. “Can anaphylactic shock affect memory or vision afterwards? I had 20 20 & it does not appear to be the case now,” she tweeted.

News that Bethenny Frankel was leaving The Real Housewives of New York took social media by storm as fans expressed their love for the Housewives icon. Feeling the outpour of support and well wishes, Frankel took to Instagram to write a personal note to fans.

In it she wrote, “I am so grateful to you for sticking with me through everything. You started this journey with me in my tiny apartment in my late 30s, wondering what would happen to me. I was broke, single, had no family and no idea what the future held.”

We all know Bethenny has come a long way since then.

Bethenny as we know her now: the exquisitely put together multi-millionaire who's running her own empire.

She's focused on raising her daughter and her many business ventures including her new production deal with television mogul Mark Burnett.

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